Senegal's Macky Sall rules out controversial third term

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Senegal's President Macky Sall. PHOTO | TOBIAS SCHWARZ | AFP

Under-pressure Senegalese President Macky Sall has said he doesn’t intend to run for a third term ahead of next year’s elections.

Mr Sall made the announcement in a scheduled televised address to the nation on Monday, potentially upending the trajectory of opposition protests that have punctuated the country in the last three weeks.